The long-troubled £10bn Moorside nuclear power project in Cumbria looks in grave danger following the announcement by Toshiba that it is to wind up the project's development vehicle NuGeneration.
Carlisle City Council is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver a retail warehouse at Gateway 44, its industrial development site at Parkhouse Business Park, just off Junction 44 of the M6.
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has this morning confirmed that the UK Government is to enter a period of negotiations with Hitachi over Wylfa Newydd, the proposed £20bn nuclear power plant on Anglesey.
Work has started on a 55,000 sq ft phase of development at the Kingmoor Park Enterprise Zone near Carlisle.
Caddick Construction has started work on a £5.9m contract to create a Mercedes-Benz showroom and workshop at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle.
Stobart Rail & Civils is to move its head office to Carlisle Lake District Airport, the infrastructure business has announced.
The process of procuring a contractor for the £19m redevelopment of the Sands Centre is set to begin, after a reappraisal and reworking of the proposals which were first mooted in 2009.
Eden Council is due to give the go-ahead to a £2.2m extension of Penrith Town Hall and redevelopment of its Mansion House site, more than 18 months after initial plans were put on hold.
Contractor Wates has added 15 staff at its Kendal office, nearly doubling the size of its team in the region as it continues work on its £30m Campus Whitehaven and BAE Systems’ central training facility in Barrow.
Eden Council has formally started the process to appoint a masterplanner for its long-term strategy to build around 8,000 new homes, infrastructure and schools in and around Penrith.
